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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice

Angrist, Joshua D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

estimate the effect of child-bearing on economic and marital outcomes. The application is motivated by American welfare reform … childbearing, but evidence on the impact of childbearing on marital stability and welfare use is more tenuous. …

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Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice

Angrist, Joshua - Econometric Society - 2004

to estimate the effect of child-bearing on marital status, poverty status, and welfare receipt for the population of … mothers with two or more children. The application is motivated by American welfare reform, which penalizes further … childbearing by welfare mothers on the grounds that additional childbearing makes continued poverty and welfare receipt more likely …

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The causal effect of family difficulties during childhood on adult labour market outcomes

Millemaci, Emanuele; Sciulli, Dario - Centro di Studi Internazionali Sull'Economia e la … - 2011

A propensity score matching approach and the National Child Development Study cohort database are used to evaluate the total causal effect of family difficulties during childhood on adult labour market outcomes. We find statistically significant evidence of a negative and long-lasting impact on...

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How Linear Models Can Mask Non-Linear Causal Relationships. An Application to Family Size and Children's Education

Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2009

Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that commonly used tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true relationship is...

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Instrumental variables estimation with partially missing instruments

Mogstad, M.; Wiswall, M. - In: Economics Letters 114 (2012) 2, pp. 186-189

This paper shows that instrumental variables estimators currently in use, require strong but neglected auxiliary assumptions to be consistent in situations with partially missing instruments. We introduce an alternative instrumental variables estimator that does not require auxiliary assumptions.

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How Much Should We Trust Linear Instrumental Variables Estimators? An Application to Family Size and Children's Education

Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and treatment effect heterogeneity are biased if the true relationship is non-linear. These...

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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P; Siedler, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...

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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany

Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822574

Childbearing, Marriage and Human Capital Investment

Gray, Jo Anna; Stockard, Jean; Stone, Joe - Department of Economics, University of Oregon - 2006

This paper proposes and tests a simple joint explanation for i) increases in marital and nonmarital birth rates in the United States over recent decades, ii) the dramatic rise in the share of nonmarital births, and iii) the pronounced racial differences in the timing of childbearing. The...

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